On Friday 20 June 2003 06:18 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
> What you needed was the umask option set. In the file /etc/fstab set up the
> line for the windows partition something like this
>
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
>
> The command 'mount -a' will
On Friday 20 Jun 2003 12:30 am, Thomas Williams wrote:
> So, I got the DSL set up. I also spent the money to get a router. I decided
> I didn't want to have to have my wife's computer depend on my machine being
> up and running all the time. While I was waiting for the router to arrive I
> got onli
So, I got the DSL set up. I also spent the money to get a router. I decided I
didn't want to have to have my wife's computer depend on my machine being up
and running all the time. While I was waiting for the router to arrive I got
online and downloaded the iso's for 9.1. I didnt' have any probl
--I now have both floppies up and working and am chompin' at the bit for my next
Linux challenge. My special thanks to John for pointing me in the right
direction. If it's OK with y'all I'd like to post the step by step in case
anybody out there needs a really simplistic explanation.
1. First
thanks john.
it works.
>From: "Paul A. Bernicchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [newbie] It Works!!
>Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:11:42 -0500
>
>Point of information, Arnold --
>
>I've heard that Linux Mandr
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- Original Message -
From: Arnold Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] It Works!!
> >Is there a way to have it boo
>Is there a way to have it boot directly to
>the desktop?
There's a way to setup the login process so that after logging in you
will automatically go into X Windows. You have to edit a file called
INITTAB which is located in the /etc folder. This specifies the
runlevel that linux starts at.
Russ Westbrook wrote:
> I suppose there is no way to set it up to skip this part and go
> directly to the desktop?
Which part? The logging in? No, there isn't, at least not as far as I
know (this is a feature, not a bug -- it's inherent in a Unix-type
OS). However, you can get the s
